Session 22: Weirdos in the wood Report

General Summary

• The Order of the Freeheart found the 5 druids of The Doomspring Green.
• Poppy and Whistlestick sneak up on the druids.
• They are discussing capturing the Werewolf which must mean Wene Boley.
• Poppy speaks up and is invited to join circle.
• she tells her full story to the druid leader
• he touches Poppy and they both enter a trance-like state and go into her memory
• Poppy's grandmother was one of the most powerful druids on this plane and led the Aetheria wide council of druids.
• That power goes through her bloodline
• Fenra Wildfang was her Druidic name
• The druids ask her about her training so far
• none other than that in her visions and with the Freehearts
• Sylvan Mosswhisperer introduces himself as the head of The Doomspring Green a Druidic circle based in the Morrowvale woods.
--invited Poppy to join The Doomspring Green circle.
• to join you must give up all earthly possessions and go through a ritual joining ceremony for a fee.
• They cant allow a Werewolf to run free in the woods.
• When Poppy mentions Lord Chancellor Jessop all the druids spit
• no time for Clerics and those worshipping false gods at the expense of nature.
• Explain that the Moonstone Altar exists and may have been the source of the lycanthropic curse.
• can be used to remove the curse with the right ritual.
• Poppy quizzed Sylvan on how the curse could have happened.
• Jessop was cursed
• Sanguine are mostly thugs and don't have the power
• The Shadow Master as their leader is a dark sorcerer and would have the power, but why would he care about a small temple in Silverbrook
• it is likely to be a dark god worshipper
• Poppy speculates that it may be the brothers who were banished from Temple of the Light Garet Rockwood and Milo Stevenstone
• Sylvan suggests they go into the woods and find all the ingredients needed to perform the ritual
• Poppy invites out the free hearts
• They all stand, but Druids do not trust Valen as he has a Holy Symbol of light.
• made to walk out front
• Sylvan dishes out goodberries to all.
• Gather materials and head to the altar clearing
• Sylvan stays but sends the other druids back to Aether Crystal Henge
• Boley is there in human form, but weak and pale with wild eyes.
• Aidan casts invisibilty on Valen, so he can take a closer look.
• They all approach Boley
• as they go to assist her into preparing for the ritual the acolytes appear
• they summon 2 shadow hounds and 2 animated trees
• a bloody confrontation ensues
• Work out that the hounds are only vulnerable to attack in the bright lights
• The trees burn well
• Aiden, Whistlesticks and Valen are all knocked unconscious at various points
• Aiden bleeds heavily ( temp -9 to max HP)
• focus attacks on the acolytes with the hope they will fall and the creatures will cease.
• Acolytes use dard magik to revive each other.
• When they finally fall, the creatures remain
• Sylvan takes down the last remaining tree by taking on the animal shape of a Brass Dragon Wyrmling and blasting it with fire breath.
• with the enemy defeated, They carry out the ritual successfully and Boley is cured.
• in the half hour after the fight, two groups of Doomspring druids appear having been summond by Sylvan, but with the threat gone all of them take their leave.
• Boley having thanked Poppy with a kiss, pleads to be allowed time to herself and heads down to the The Gilded Pickaxe to recooperate and wait for Vex Ironhide
• the group head back swiftly to Berwick's Farm to recooperate and rest for a while.

She was one of the most powerful druids in the whole of Aetheria. She lead the joint Druid Council and we thought her and all her family were defeated. Her power flows through her bloodline and as such you have the power she once did.

— Sylvan Mosswhisperer

Character(s) interacted with

Sylvan Mosswhisperer

Created Content

Sylvan Mosswhisperer Fenra Wildfang Moonstone Altar Shadow hounds Animated trees Brass Dragon Wyrmling

Campaign

Surviving Aetheria

Protagonists

Valen Moonshadow

Neutral Good Half-Elf (Outlander Pilgrim)
Cleric 1

8 / 8 HP

STR
11

DEX
11

CON
14

INT
9

WIS
16

CHA
10

Whistlestick

Chaaotic Good Kobold (Multiverse) (City Watch)
Rogue 1

2 / 10 HP

STR
8

DEX
17

CON
14

INT
14

WIS
11

CHA
11

Finnegan Tidesworn

Lawful Good Human (Sailor)
Fighter 1

13 / 13 HP

STR
17

DEX
17

CON
19

INT
16

WIS
13

CHA
16

Poppy Quickfoot

Chaotic Good Halfling (Criminal (Smuggler))
Druid 0

8 / 8 HP

STR
8

DEX
19

CON
15

INT
11

WIS
17

CHA
14

Aidan Brightspark

Report Date

20 Jun 2024

Primary Location

Whispering Woods

Secondary Location

Aether Crystal Henge

Related Characters

• Wene Boley